Word Of The Day

Carbuncle:

  1. Pathology. a painful circumscribed inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, resulting in suppuration and sloughing, and having a tendency to spread somewhat like a boil, but more serious in its effects.
  2. a gemstone, especially a garnet, cut with a convex back and a cabochon surface.
  3. Also called London brown. a dark grayish, red-brown color. [Dictionary.com]

Heard during a conversation with my Arts Editor, who, to paraphrase, said “Some Christmas decorations are ‘festoonery’, and some are ‘carbuncles.'” I am unsure just which of the above definitions would apply.

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Former BBS operator; software engineer; cat lackey.

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